Organic geochemical and petrographical characteristics of coal bearing Oligo-Miocene sequence in the Oltu-Narman Basin (Erzurum), NE Turkey

Kara-Gulbay R.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY, vol.149, pp.93-107, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 149
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.coal.2015.06.012
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.93-107
  • Keywords: Coal, Oltu-Narman Basin, Biomarker, Depositional environment, Maceral ratio, DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS, SOURCE ROCKS, OILS, MATURATION, PHENANTHRENE, PARAMETERS, STEROIDS, TOARCIAN, MATTER
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In the Oltu-Narman (Erzurum) Tertiary Basin, coals occur in the Oligo-Miocene lacustrine sequence. In this study, n-alkane, isoprenoid and saturated-aromatic biomarker distributions of coals in the Sakans region are found in association with pyrolysis and petrographic data and detailed organic geochemical characteristics, depositional environments and hydrocarbon potential of the coals are propounded.